Budget Allocation and Domestic Violence

1. Under which category do you class domestic violence?

2. What proportion of your budget is allocated to traffic control and motoring offences (e.g. speeding, reckless driving, etc)?

3. What proportion of your budget is allocated to domestic burglary crimes?

4. What proportion of your budget is allocated to drugs offences crimes?

5. What proportion of your budget is allocated to domestic violence crimes?

6. What proportion of your budget is allocated to criminal damage crimes?

7. Do you have a specialist unit or team dedicated to investigating and providing support for domestic violence abuse?

a. If yes, what is the size of this team/unit (number of people)?

b. If yes, can you provide a percentage of budget allocated to this unit/team?

8. How many Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs) and/or police domestic abuse coordinators do you have in your police force?

9. What percentage of your police force is trained to deal with domestic violence incidents?

10. Do you regularly collaborate with any of the following organisations as part of your investigation and support of domestic violence cases (separate to Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs)

a. Primary Care Trusts

b. Children and Young People's Services

c. NHS Foundation Trusts

11. Separate to your work with MARACs does Cheshire Police Force have any plans to collaborate/share information with any of the following organisations to improve the investigation and support of domestic violence cases within the next two years?

a. Primary Care Trusts

b. Children and Young People's Services

c. NHS Foundation Trusts?

In accordance with section 1 (1) (b) of the Act our response is provided below;

Question 1

1. Domestic Violence is not a separate category of criminal offence. There are many offences that may occur in a domestic environment that could be classified as Domestic Violence.

Questions 2 to 6

We do not proportion the budget in accordance with classes of crime.

What we spend and How we spend it

Question 7

Yes, we have a specialist unit/dedicated team within each of our Basic Command Units.

Question 7a

There are 3 x Basic Command Units (BCU). There is a dedicated unit within each BCU. Please see answer to question 8.

Question 7b

Not ring fenced for budgetary purposes.

Question 8

4 x IDVA Coordinators; 7.5 x IDVAs; 17 Domestic Abuse Officers; 3 x Domestic Abuse Sergeants;

Question 9

All operational police officers are trained.

Question 10a

Yes

Question 10b

Yes

Question 10c

Yes

Question 11a

Yes

Question 11b

Yes

Question 11c

Yes